Even though everyone knew that Audi was a subsidiary of Volkswagen Group, given the same price of 300,000, more people still chose Audi.
After Roger established his independent brand, it achieved roughly that sort of effect.
Jordan glanced at Falk and responded, "You don't have to worry."
Jordan knew that David Falk wasn't there to talk about sneakers; they were actually discussing influence.
As far as Jordan knew, O'Neal had also launched his own independent brand that summer.
But the sales? They couldn't even see the taillights of AJ.
Though it's said that centers don't sell shoes, even if O'Neal were a guard, his sneakers wouldn't sell well because his influence wasn't as big as Roger's or Jordan's.
The obstacles to AJ's sales weren't because of Roger's independent brand or because of some sneaker design. At least, those weren't the main reasons.
The real root cause was that Jordan's own influence was on the decline.